Petersburg High School - Petro Schola Yearbook (Petersburg, WV)

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 6th. To the Fre9hanm Class that is to be, anna Lee Clower wills her beloved seat in the office, apply e-.1 an avoid the rush. 7th. Jessie Mae Riggleman wills her interest in literary work to any Freshman who will dare to take it. 8th. Elva Lee Goldizen wills her aoility to hook” a husband to Mary Dell Ours. 9th. Jessie Mae Shaffer wills her dignity and primness to Mary Kep- linger. 10th. To the football team of next year, the anility of Homer Harman and Wayne Lewis. e couldn't induce Honey1 Crites to surrender his. 11th. Imogens Alt's height to Myrtle Hartman. 12th. itldene Bergdoll's letters from the army to Norma Hanlin. 13th. We had to twist his arm to gain his permission but at last Honey Crites consented to will his charming little curl in the middle of his forehead to the Junior pest Bob Hill. 14th. Jean Biddle wills her fickleness to Dolores Rohrbaugh. 15th. Warren Brake wills his Oood disposition, but not his good looks, (he wouldn't part with that) to Allen Cunningham. 16th. To all future class presidents, President Mary WjlsoniDeai ric -m ability to convince Mr. Browne of the saic presiuents unerring judg- ement . 17th. Mary Lou Stumps' numerous tardy slips to that prompt little Freshie Sally Moomau. 18th. To Marion Lyons, Freda hetzel VanMeter wills her good graces. 19th. To any bewildered soul, who is willing to oe the goat, lady Stumps' troubles us class treusurer. 20th. Neva Stump humbly wills to Tressie Riggleman her perfect atten- dance record. 21th. Eleanor Masks wills her ability to drive to Wanda MacDonald 2nd. To Rosa Lee Stonestreet, Lila Rohrbaugh wills her size. 23rd. Jean Evans thoughtfully wills her letters to rvella Haslacker. 24th. Ruth Hesse feeling the need for it, wills her quietness to -anda MacDonald. 25th. Twila Hesse after much persuasion, wills her blue eyes to Uldene Mongold• , 26th. Nonna Hawk wills her ability to get along with certain boys to Mildred Rotruck. 27th. To Betty Jean Lahman, Julia Brennan wills her beuutiful long eyelashes. 28th. To some benighted Fresha:.n—any body who will accept it as it is yet unclaimed--Guy Turley wills his iniu ive an- nerve. (AH schools need his spirit). The subjoined list will be recognized us entailed estate, to which we do declare the Class of 1947 tne real und rightful succfU3o s: 1st. Our seats in classroom and assembly. May they endeavor to fill then as advantageously, as promptly, and as faithfully as we have done. 2nd. Our Senior dignity. May they uphold it forever, with all seriousness und gr.vity, endeavoring to realize its Vast importance, in spite of tneir nutural lightminuedness unc irrespo.sioiiity. 3rd. any stubs of pencils, erasers, or scraps of paper that we may in- advertent ly leave benind us in the excitement and haste of gathering up our cherished treasures for the last time. May they feel free to make use of them, '.nd feel, perhaps, that they may, in some mystic way, impart some of our reat knowledge to the. Last comes the one thing hard for us to part with. To our successors we must leave our places in the hearts and thoubhts of our principal and teachers. They win love them, unworthy as we feel tjey are, even as they have loved us; they will snow them all the sums tender kindness and attention that they have be- stowed upon us; they will feel the same interest in their attempts and successes; the same sor.-ow ..hen they fail. We trust that the Class of 1947 will appreciate all this possession, as it hus been ours, and the one we are most loath to hand over to them. Besides these enforced gifts, we leave-not of necessity, but our own free will and pure blessings, tender memories of our ple-sant associations together, unc our forgiveness for anything that we may not have exact ly appreciated in the -demonstrations of the past, ana pledge of friendship from henceforth and for- ever. 11 the rest and residue of our property, whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind and quality whatsoever it may be, ana not herein before dis- posed of for the good of the coming classes us he may see fit. «nd we do hereby constitute und appoint the said Hrincipul sole executor of this our last will anc testament. In witness whereof, • «, the Class of 1946, the testators, have his our will, written on one sheet of p-rchement, set our hands and seal this t enty-ninth day of May, anno Domini, ne Thousand Line Hundred and Forty-six.